BIKERELIABILITY Reg check
Registration-year report · 2005–2025

Data as of: DVSA MOT results to 2025

SYM AD05W Jet 4 50: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which AD05W Jet 4 50 years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 71.2% average, from 819 DVSA tests.

2012
highest-passing year · 74.9%
2013
lowest-passing year · 64.2%
10.7pp
spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2012 (74.9% of 355 tests). Lowest: 2013 (64.2% of 212). Years more than two points below the model average: 2013.

62%70%77%2011: 72.5% pass (247 tests)2012: 74.9% pass (355 tests)2013: 64.2% pass (212 tests)201120122013
RegisteredTestsFirst-time passvs model (71.2%)
2011 247 72.5% +1.3 pp
2012 355 74.9% +3.7 pp
2013 212 64.2% -7.0 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2014–2023
56%69%82%2014: 69.1% pass (55 tests)2015: 77.7% pass (130 tests)2016: 66.3% pass (163 tests)2017: 77.9% pass (122 tests)2018: 67.9% pass (78 tests)2019: 63.9% pass (61 tests)2020: 76.1% pass (46 tests)2021: 75.5% pass (49 tests)2022: 60.5% pass (43 tests)2023: 65.7% pass (35 tests)20142023

Questions

Which AD05W Jet 4 50 years have the lowest MOT pass rate?
2013 registered examples pass first time less often than the SYM AD05W Jet 4 50 overall (71.2%); the 2013 cohort is lowest at 64.2% from 212 tests.
Which AD05W Jet 4 50 year has the highest MOT pass rate?
2012, at 74.9% of 355 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the AD05W Jet 4 50 pass rate vary by year?
10.7 percentage points between the highest (2012, 74.9%) and lowest (2013, 64.2%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

Full report: SYM AD05W Jet 4 50 reliability, failures and mileage · ranked #4640 of 5428 models· other SYM models: Jet, DD50, City Hopper, Jet 50 - Euro X, Fiddle, Shark